李华早上起床,发现昨天晚上下了整整一夜的雪,足足有两英尺深,看来今天是出不去了。今天我们要学两个常用语:total和zapped of energy. (Knock on Li Hua's door, Li Hua opens it) LH: Larry! 这么大的雪你

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(82) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry和李华一起坐地铁回家。今天我们要学两个常用语:take the bull by the horns和knock your socks off. LL: You look really tired, Lihua. What have you been up to? LH: 别提了,我最近两天一直睡不好觉。比如说昨天

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry陪李华一起找公寓。李华今天要学两个常用语,Up for grabs和psyched. LL: Wow! Check out the price for this place... LH: 很便宜吗?多少钱? LL: Wait...what's your budget? I forgot - $2000 per month? Hahaha! How much you

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

李华和Larry讨论情人节的安排。今天我们要学两个常用语:born yesterday和head over heels. LL: So, Lihua, I know you said that you didn't want me to buy a Valentine's Day gift for you, but I wasn't born yesterday. I can tell you'r

发表于:2019-01-15 / 阅读(84) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry has the flu. His nose is running. He coughs a lot. He sneezes a lot. When he coughs, he covers his mouth. When he sneezes, he covers his mouth. When his nose is running, he wipes his nose with a tissue. Larry's mother is taking care of him. She

发表于:2019-01-24 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语第1级听力-English Level 1

JUDY WOODRUFF: Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke will step down at the end of his term next January, but the discussion of who President Obama might tap to replace him is already well under way. To update us, we turn to longtime Fed-watcher

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈社会系列

GWEN IFILL: If it feels like you are spending more for health care through higher deductibles or premiums, you may be right. Under the Affordable Care Act, insurers are required to post rate increases if they exceed 10 percent, and, in many cases, th

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈健康系列

与Shoot相关的英语短语 今天我们要讲由shoot这个词发展而成的习惯用语。大家知道shoot通常解释为射击,但是它在习惯用语里表达的意思可不同。 我们要学的第一个习惯用语是shoot down. Shoot do

发表于:2019-02-09 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 英语口语

Larry的车子正在厂里修理。今天李华陪他去取车。李华会学到两个常用语:grease monkey和fender bender。 LL: I hope my car is ready. The grease monkey said it would be fixed by 3:00 this afternoon. LH: The grease monkey? Lar

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

夏天的时候,Larry和李华开车去海边玩。李华会学到两个常用语:jazzed和to catch some waves。 LL: Li Hua, I am really jazzed about this trip to the beach. LH: Jazz不是爵士乐吗?我们去海边跟爵士乐有什么关系呢

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry在告诉李华他公司里发生的事。 李华今天会学会两个常用语,trash talking和make waves。 LL: So, Li Hua, yesterday at the office I heard two of my co-workers trash talking my boss. LH: 什么是trash talking? 难道他们在

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry和李华在一个餐馆里商量周末的计划。李华今天会学到两个常用语glitch和tweak。 LL: What a busy morning in our office! We discovered a glitch in some new software we were trying out at work. LH: 你们发现新的电脑软

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry和李华正在学校体育馆里打篮球.今天李华会学到两个常用语: butterfingers 和 klutz。 LL: Here, Li Hua, catch! LH: 嘿!Larry,你不要那么用力嘛!你这么用力我接不住啊! LL: Don't blame the fact that you're a butterfingers on me. I don't think it's my

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(83) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry 和李华正在为他的朋友 Laura 担心.他们两人都觉得Laura好像有甚么心事.今天李华会学到两个常用语: clam up 和 to tank。 LL: Laura has been acting really strange lately, but every time I try to ask her what's bothering her, she just clams up. LH:

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

李华的教授刚添了个女儿.李华和 Larry 准备去拜访这位教授,向他们表示祝贺.今天李华会学到两个常用语: wiped out 和 cutie-pie。 LH: 嘿! Larry,我想去看看琼斯教授和他太太.他们的女儿 Sarah 现在也应该有几个星期大了! LL: Aren't you worried they are too

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

李华开始在图书馆打工,但是她告诉Larry她担心自己不能胜任这份工作。今天李华会学到两个常用语:learn the ropes和put a lid on it。 LH: 我实在搞不清楚怎么用图书馆的电脑系统。我好怕我会做错

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry在跟李华讲他办公室里新来的实习生。今天李华会学到两个常用语:eager beaver和grunt work。 LL: A new intern started working in my office today. He sure is an eager beaver, Li Hua! LH: Beaver不是海狸吗?动物怎么

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry和李华刚刚考试完毕。李华告诉Larry,她考得很不好。今天李华会学到两个常用语:Kiss something goodbye和Lose one's cool。 LH: Larry! 今天的考试真难,我连三分之一都没做完。 LL: What? That's not g

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李华和Larry正在讨论他们刚才看的电影。今天李华会学到两个常用语:shrink和gross out。 LH: Larry,刚才电影里的男主角说他需要看一个shrink是什么意思呀?Shrink当动词用的时候是指缩水,但是在

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 美国之音《流行美语》

Larry最近去约塞美蒂国家公园度假。他正在告诉李华旅游的情况。李华会学到两个常用语:blown away和bone head。 LL: Yosemite was fantastic. You really should go sometime, Li Hua. I know you would be completely blown a

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